Gastromaquia Resto & Lounge – Kebayoran Baru Jakarta

Cute,chic,and youthful is what comes to mind when I first saw Gastromaquia’s black and white building. What I like is the whole ‘homey’ vibe of the two stories building. Although it’s simple, the interior atmosphere is as soothing as it looks. The first floor is spacey with a bar on the side, the top floor has booth seats and outside balcony with the Ciniru street view. This brand new restaurant is a franchise from Madrid but the menu doesn’t revolve only around Spanish food. It has Italian and Western menu as well.

Garlic Butter Prawn (IDR 95.000): Fresh prawn, garlic, herbal oil, butter. I love how fresh the prawn is and they cooked it well with the most delicious addicting butter sauce. The portion is small and resembles tapas.

Crisp Asparagus Salad (IDR 45.000): Fresh young asparagus, balsamic vinegar reduction, parmesan cheese. I was expected bigger but it came in very tiny asparagus, the reason why they use young asparagus was to get it’s firmness. As it ends up, size really doesn’t matter. The veggie was crisp, well seasoned and harmonized with the sour chopped onion.

House Salad (IDR 55.000): Mixed lettuce, cherry tomato, edamame, toasted cashew nut, house special dressing. Love the sweet and savory dressing that has a little bit of Indonesian rujak taste.

Stuffed Chicken Thigh with Bacon and Dates (IDR 95.000): Deboned chicken thigh, bacon and herbal oil. Pretty looking dish, the chicken thigh was juicy, even more tasty with the rich bacon in the middle.

Gastromaquia Spare Ribs (IDR 129.000): Served with fragrant rice, the ribs was succulent, perfectly seasoned and delicious till the last bite.